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Easy Peasy Crumb Fried Chicken

And so, another Diwali comes to an end. It always saddens me
when we have to take down our fairy lights and store away our earthen lamps.
Festivals do have their way of taking leave; everything looks so glum for a
while. And then the next one comes along! Thankfully, in a country like India,
we are never short of festivals.

Diwali has always been my favourite festival, unlike, say
Holi. I am scared of people clamouring over each other to put colours. But
Diwali is different. Although I am not much into bursting crackers, I like the
way all the houses are cheerfully lit up. As children, both sis and I would be
silently competing with our neighbours in decorating our house in a more
innovative manner. And now, since both of us are married and staying in the
same city, Bangalore, we compete with each other in decking up our rented
homes!

She has always been my confidante and when I decided to
create this blog, she was the first to know about it. Perhaps she is the only
follower of my blog, other than my husband! But she is kind of fascinated by
this whole process of cooking for the family, then keeping them waiting while
the husband and I take turns in taking pictures of the food
(my-angle-is-better-than-yours) and finally uploading the recipe at the dead of
night. She always gets a text message at around 12.30 am or so, saying “Just
uploaded one more post! Check it now!”. So much fun at such an hour!

I think she secretly harbours a wish of creating her own
blog. Maybe someday she will and I would have to watch out! Both of us share
our love for cooking and every day one of us asks the inevitable question “What
are you going to cook today?” to the other. Generally, she replies with a non-committal
“Oh just something, what about you?” but post lunch I always receive a text message
saying “Cooked lovely (name-of-the-dish) today.”

This fried chicken recipe belongs to her. She made this one
day and sent across the picture to me as a reply to my what-are-you-cooking query.
Her husband vouches for its taste and I trust his finicky taste buds. She says
the pictures did not come out well and the chicken looks kind of burnt, but actually
it is not. Let me share this quick chicken recipe with you without more ado.

Crumb Fried Chicken

Ingredients:

2 whole legs of chicken

One teaspoon ginger-garlic paste

One teaspoon lime juice

One tablespoon tomato ketchup

Salt and pepper to taste

1 egg

½ cup breadcrumbs

Refined oil for frying

Method:

Marinate the chicken with all the ingredients except the egg
and breadcrumbs for about 2 hours. You could also add some crushed green
chillies, depending upon the amount of heat you want in the dish.

Whisk the egg well and dip one chicken leg into it. Then
roll the chicken on a plate of breadcrumbs till it is evenly coated. Shake off
the excess crumbs. In case you don’t have breadcrumbs, grind a few Marie
biscuits and that will do the trick. In fact, I generally use biscuits as they
are always there for me while the breadcrumbs are not.

Now, heat some refined oil in a pan and fry the crumb-coated
chicken legs. Flip over once one side is done and fry the other side. Remove the
chicken legs when cooked and place them on paper napkins to absorb the oil. Serve
them alongside a potato mash or mint chutney, or even better - just grab them with
both hands and take a huge bite! Bro-in-law assures me that the chicken turned
out to be quite deliciously clichéd – crispy on the outside while tender and
juicy inside!

Writing about this has made me really ravenous and I intend
to try out this dish for dinner today. I love easy recipes and this fits the
bill. How about you trying out the same and let me know if it worked for you?
Sisters are to be cherished and so should be their recipes, don’t you think so?

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